Last Day of Spring Semester!

This is the last day of the spring semester! I have enjoyed working with each student, and am extremely grateful for all of the time spent, lessons learned, and opportunities to grow with the students. We still have a summer Reading and Writing class going on during the months of June and July, so be sure your students are signed up before fall semester begins in August!

Vocabulary

1. mundane
2. unidentifiable
3. riveted
4. corroberate
5. mantra
6. illuminated
7. syntax
8. ossify
9. astonishment
10. 
    

Worksheet

"My Spring Semester in Reading and Writing Class"
Students wrote a short story using our daily vocabulary words to describe the highlights and low points of the class this semester, as well as what they are looking forward to for the summer! 

Reading

Continued reading, "Spy School", by Stuart Gibbs - chapter 2. 

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "Last Day of Class Writing"

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are not the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Activities

Book squares and Book marks! 

Wednesday May 18th, 2016

Vocabulary

1. sequestered
2. precipitously
3. communal
4. prototypical
5. cryptography
6. nonchalant
7. disingenuous
8. electrostatic
9. unconscious 
10. averting

Worksheet

"Tell This Story" 

Reading

Continued reading, "Spy School", by Stuart Gibbs - chapter 2. 

Worksheets

• "Character Changes"

Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge "Tell This Story"

Students took 5 minutes in class to write as much as they could on the prompt using their creative minds! 

Worksheets

• "BME Organizer"

Homework

Any unfinished class work.

Wednesday May 11th, 2016

Vocabulary

1. dismissively
2. virtually
3. elusiveness
4. detect
5. intimidation
6. circumstances
7. frightening
8. humiliating
9. traumatic
10. mezzanine

Worksheet

"Captions" 

Reading

Continued reading, "Spy School", by Stuart Gibbs - chapter 2. 

Worksheets

• "Elements of A Story"

Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge "Tell This Story"

Students took 5 minutes in class to write as much as they could on the prompt using their creative minds! 

Worksheets

• "Article Outline"

Homework

Any unfinished class work.

Wednesday May 4th. 2016

Vocabulary

1. motioned
2. infiltrated
3. ambushed
4. diplomacy
5. transmissions
6. operatives
7. silhouettes
8. imminent
9. proportional 
10. provoked

Worksheet

"Word Search" 

Reading

Continued reading, "Spy School", by Stuart Gibbs - chapter 2. 

Worksheets

• "Author's Toolkit"

Writing

Five Minute Writing Challenge "The World Around You is Not What it Seems"

Students took 5 minutes in class to write as much as they could on the prompt using their creative minds! 

Worksheets

• "The Vessel"
• "Creative Writing Prompts"

Homework

Any unfinished class work.